Strategy, advice, and inspiration for digital marketing and social media experts

Why does my brand need moderation for Twitter?

October 11, 2013
Posted by: Matthew Hammer, VP- Marketing

Twitter is a strange beast. (Sorry, Twitter, that’s not an insult, I promise.) A global social phenomenon that has grown exponentially, (218m active users sending 9,100 tweets per second), nearly every brand has a Twitter presence, whether it’s there to broadcast information and updates, drive sales, serve as an alternate customer service channel, or engage […]

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How Marketers Can Make Friends With Legal

October 9, 2013
Posted by: Peter Friedman, Founder, Chairman & CEO

Marketers who are innovating in social media and working for big companies are likely to have experienced one or more bruising run-ins with their legal teams. Indeed, as I work with clients, I often find an adversarial relationship between social-media marketers and legal departments. It’s bad for everyone. Legal doesn’t understand the benefits of campaigns, […]

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Walmart's Social Is Getting 10X ROI and Tens of Thousands of Daily Interactions

October 4, 2013
Posted by: Matthew Hammer, VP- Marketing

During his morning keynote today at the ANA Masters of Marketing conference, Walmart marketing chief Stephen Quinn said, “Our interactions on Facebook are important.” And if you look at some of his numbers, the comment was probably a major understatement. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant sees a half-million monthly pieces of user-generated content—the lion’s share […]

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Peter Friedman – MoneyForLunch Interview

October 2, 2013
Posted by: Peter Friedman, Founder, Chairman & CEO

MoneyForLunch. Bert Martinez interviews Leaders, Authors, Innovators, and Celebrities. Listen to Peter Friedman’s interview and other guests here. Peter Friedman Chairman and CEO of LiveWorld, a social content marketing company managing social media for Fortune 500 companies through engagement, moderation and insight. He’s provided multiple global brands with strategic social media guidance and delivered hundreds […]

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